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English

study

/ˈstʌd.i/
To review materials already learned in order to make sure one does not forget them, usually in preparation for an examination.

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    Origin

    Etymology 1

    Inherited from Middle English studien, from Old French estudier (Modern French étudier), from estudie (noun), borrowed from Latin studium. Displaced Old English cneordlæcan.

    Etymology 2

    Inherited from Middle English studie, from Old French estudie (Modern French étude), borrowed from Latin studium (“zeal, dedication, study”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd- (“to push, to hit”). Doublet of etude and studio.

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    Lineage

    • inheritedMiddle Englishstudien
      • borrowedOld Frenchestudier
        • partOld Frenchestudie
          • borrowedLatinstudium “zeal, dedication, study”
            • partLatinstudeō “to devote oneself to”
              • inheritedProto-Italic*studēō
            • partLatin-ium “forming abstract nouns”
              • derivedLatin-ius
                • derivedOld Latin-ios
          • derivedLatinstudium “zeal, dedication, study”
        • partOld French-er
          • inheritedLatin-āre
            • inheritedProto-Italic*-āzi
            • derivedLatin-ere
            • derivedLatin-āris “-ar”
            • derived (ultimately)Proto-Indo-European*h₃enh₂- “to burden, charge”
          • derivedLatin-āre
    • rootProto-Indo-European*(s)tewd- “to push, to hit”
    • inheritedMiddle Englishstudie

    Related: English studio (doublet), English etude (doublet)

    Meanings

    verb
    1. To review materials already learned in order to make sure one does not forget them, usually in preparation for an examination.
    2. To take a course or courses on a subject.
    3. To acquire knowledge on a subject with the intention of applying it in practice.
    4. To look at carefully and minutely.
    5. To fix the mind closely upon a subject; to dwell upon anything in thought; to muse; to ponder.
    6. To endeavor diligently; to be zealous.
    noun
    1. Mental effort to acquire knowledge or learning.
    2. The act of studying or examining; examination.
    3. Any particular branch of learning that is studied; any object of attentive consideration.
    4. A room in a house intended for reading and writing; traditionally the private room of the male head of household.
    5. An artwork made in order to practise or demonstrate a subject or technique.
    6. The human face, bearing an expression which the observer finds amusingly typical of a particular emotion or state of mind.

    Sources

    • Wiktionary (via Wiktextract / kaikki.org) — CC BY-SA 4.0
    • Wiktionary: study